Over the last several years, David Reinfurt has been researching the work of Muriel Cooper, who worked at MIT “in overlapping roles as a graphic designer, teacher and researcher.” Reinfurt curated selections of Cooper’s work for this exhibition from each of these three categories—her work as design director of the MIT Press, as a professor in the MIT Media Lab and as a researcher in her own right.

Cooper’s approach to graphic design, as seen through the lens of her various roles at MIT, is questioning, sharp and inventive. “Messages and Means: Muriel Cooper at MIT” was on view from February 25 to March 28 at the Arthur Ross Architecture Gallery, Columbia University.